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“Because of the coronavirus pandemic, we have had to shift even more of our lives online. With a greater sense of urgency, the artworld has to grappl...
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“Recently, some relatives of mine went to Italy, and one of them found, much to his annoyance, that his partner always wanted to read each and every ...
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“How does an art critic deal with the conflicts that may arise after writing a negative review of an exhibition? And what about criticism of an art...
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"How do you look at an art exhibition?"
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Let’s start with the obvious, though it’s no less true for being so. Be open-minded, curious and ...
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“Biennales, what are they good for?”
“The appointment of the Indonesian arts collective ruangrupa as artistic director for the next documenta ha...
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“As an art student, my interest is in painting. But it seems like painting is considered passé and that one can only make it as an artist if one wo...
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“How does an art critic obtain the credentials to be one? At the end of the day, isn’t a critic merely an opinionated arbiter of taste with his or ...
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“My friend sent me a Youtube video of a woman in a tight black dress dancing on slabs of butter and slipping and falling about. She said it’s perfo...
Today's question is all about whether art is just for rich people.
Honestly, no, I don’t think that art is just for rich people.
Or rather, I want to ...
Today's question reads as follows:
“Why isn’t art writing more humorous? If art people took themselves less seriously, maybe more people would be intere...
Everyone’s a critic, or so they say. But some actually take it up as a profession, and not just in London or New York, but even in this part of the world. Lee Weng Choy is the president of the Singapore Section of the International Association of Art Critics. He’s been writing art criticism for a quarter of a century. He’s also taught as a visiting lecturer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the School of the Art Institute Chicago; he has worked as the Artistic Co-Director of The Substation arts centre, and done consultation work for National Gallery Singapore, NTU CCA Singapore, ILHAM Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, and A+ Works of Art, Kuala Lumpur. In this “advice column” for Plural, Weng Choy answers your questions about art, culture and life, with a lot of sincerity and just the right amount of sarcasm. (Profile pic by Len Finocchio)
